Sample-carrying case.



Patented Deo. 30, 1913.

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VSAMPLE-CARRYING CASE.

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Speccationof Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 30, 1913.

Application filed March 18, V1912. Serial No. 684,489.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM SoHwnrr- 2ER and HARRY I-I. LABADIE, citizens of the United States, and residents of Chicago, in the county of Cook andSta-te of Illinois, have jointly invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sample Carrying Cases; and we do hereby declare that the following description of our said invention, taken in connection with the accompanying sheets of drawings, forms a full, clear, and exact specification,which will enable others skilled in the art to which our said invention appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has general reference to 'sample carrying cases; and it consists, essentially, in the novel and peculiar combination of parts and details of construction, as hereinafter first fully set forth and described, and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings already referred to, which serve to illustrate this invention more fully, Figure 1 is an end elevation of the open case showing the sample receiving trays in extended position. Fig. 2 isan end elevation of a modified form of a sample carrying case, one end of the case being removed showing the case proper in section. Fig. 3 is an end view of the same.

Like parts are designated bythe same characters and symbols of reference in all the figures.

The object of this invention is the producion of an eicient, serviceable, and very compact sample carrying case, in which linkconnected trays are employed to receive the samples of merchandise that are to be carried by salesmen, solicitors and commercial sales travelers, to be shown to prospective customers. These trays, in folded up condition, are superposed in a tier or tiers, and inclosed in a case, which when open, permits the trays being horizontally extended to disclose their contents.

A, in the drawings designates the case proper. It is, in the present instance, constructed to receive but a single set or series of superposed trays B, which trays are connected, one to the other, by links C, C', as will hereinafter more fully appear. The body of this case is preferably made of wood which is externally and internally covered, the outer covering being usually leather, canvas or other suitable fabric, the inner lining being cloth, paper, or other similar cheaper material. This body comprises a base and a cover, the base being constructed of a bottom 12, a rear side 13, a narrow front portion 14, and two ends 15, 15a. These ends extend from the upper end of the rear wall 13 diagonally downward to the upper margin of the narrow front portion 14. The cover D, for this base is constructed substantially the same as the base portion, but reversed, that is to say, the portion 16 of the cover, answering to the bottom 12 of the base, forms the top of the cover; while the sides 17, corresponding to the rear or back wall 13 of the base, constitutes the front wall of the cover, the ends 18, 18, of the cover being of the same shape as the ends of the base so that the joints of the cover and base are diagonally disposed.

The cover D, is attached to the base by suitable hinges 19, located at the upper margin of the back wall 13, and the lower margin of the rear wall 2O of the cover D, as clearly illustrated in the drawings; and it is locked to the base by suitably constructed snap locks 21, secured to the narrow front portion of the base and coacting with members 22, fastened to the margin of the front wall of the cover D.

A handle E, Fig. 1, fastened to the top member of the cover D, affords convenient means for carrying the complete case'with lts contents.

In the lower part of the base there are two transverse walls 23, 23, spaced from the inner surfaces of the ends 15, 15a, of said lbase, and at the outer upper margins of these walls there are secured metallic bars 24, and to each of these bars 24: are pivotally connected two links C, C', at one of the latters ends, the ends of the links C engaging studs or pivots 25 at the outer ends of the bars 211, and the links C' engaging the pivots 26, located inthe middle of said bars 2&1. The upper ends of the links C, C', connect the lowermost tray B to the base in the following manner: At the upper margin of each end 27, of this tray B, there is secured a bar 28, and the upper end of the link C is pivoted to the middle of this bar upon the pivot 29, while the upper end of the link C' is pivoted upon a pivot 30, located at the rear end of said bar 28. The trays B', B2, B3, and so forth, are all connected by links to the next lower tray in the same manner as 'the tray B is connected to the base, so that by taking hold of the uppermost tray and pulling on the same outwardly, all the trays will move horizontally to submit their contended position, especially when the san-r-` ples' therein are comparatively heavy, we4

secure, preferably to the middle tray, one or more supports F, which supports `are permanently fastened to the fron-t wall 3l, of said tray and extend downwardly to the narrow front wall 14 ot the base,` and then by a horizontal `portion 32, over this front wall, and then downwardly and in front of this wall let.y In this manner, the trays may be extended when the cover D is open, with out the supports interfering with any portionl of the base.v

7e have illustratedin- Fifgs. 2 and 3 a vmodified form of construction of the sup-V porting. means for the trays.- In this case, the support F is a straight bar fastened at one end to the tray and extending down wardly to the bottom of the base. The narrow front portion 14 of the base is hinged thereto at 38, so as to swing outwardly and downwardly to permit the support F to pass out of the base when the trays are being extended.

While we have heretofore described the preferred embodiment of our invention with speci-al reference to the speci-fie construction of the case proper in which the link-conneoted trays are mounted, we Vdesire it to be understood that we do" not wish toconfine Iourselves to this particulaitype of eases, lwhich might be of the so-ealled telescopio variety, as indicated in Fig. 3,. or ofany other design, so long as the case is so Constructed that the supports which are fixedly secured to the tray, may'pass out of the case when the trays are-being. extended without manipulating said support. l-Iavin'g thus fully described. this invention, we claim as new and 'desiretol secure by Letters Patent-oai the United States- Y A sample carrying caseA including' a base, a cover for said base, a series of superposed, link-connected, trays mounted in said base, and a supportrfor said trays, said support being a' bar ixedly secured to one of said trays and extending downwardly to the front wall of said base,-thenee over the upper edge of said front wall and thence downwardly in i'ront of salidfront wall to permit said trays to pass out of said base when said trays are being extended without manual manipulation of said? support, as specified. In testimony whereotwehave hereunto set our hands in;l the presence of two subseribing witnesses. Y Y

VILLIAM SCHVVEITZER.V HARRY H. LABADIE.

lVitnesses:

Fnrnna T. LEBERSTEIN, MICHAELI JL STARK.

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